Japan invaded the whole of Asia during World War II. Why did Thailand survive?

Most importantly, Thailand is an extremely smooth country. The Thai royal family explained its meaning with practical actions. Government swing behavior? .

At that time, Japan began to invade Southeast Asia. With its diplomatic tact, Thailand avoided being invaded by Japan. At an early stage, it reached an ally status with Japan, and at the same time, it also waited for opportunities to gain a lot of benefits from the surrounding areas.

When Japan was about to be defeated, Thailand declared war on Japan in time, and after Japan announced its surrender, Thailand, as a victorious country, conveniently obtained a lot of compensation from Japan.

It can be said that in modern times, compared with neighboring countries, Thailand has lived a fairly good life.

Once upon a time, when Britain, France, Germany and other countries first colonized Southeast Asia, Thailand did not hide something from these European countries like other countries, but took the initiative to negotiate the establishment of diplomatic relations and maintained a relatively ambiguous relationship with France, Germany and Britain.

In this way, Britain, France, Germany and other countries are embarrassed to directly declare the colonization of Thailand because of each other's face. Thailand is equivalent to using the checks and balances of the three countries to protect itself.

Thailand also took the initiative to classify citizens of other countries as first-class nationals, unconditionally gave many preferential policies, and showed great obedience to countries such as Britain, the United States and Germany in diplomacy, so it was unnecessary for these European countries to colonize Thailand.

It was during this period that Thailand accumulated rich diplomatic experience. Although the Thai royal family grovelled on the international stage in this process, this way really saved the Thai people from being squeezed by colonial forces and enabled the country to develop peacefully and stably.

After World War II, Thailand did not follow those colonies in the anti-Japanese movement, but maintained a neutral stance. When the Japanese invaded Southeast Asia, Thailand still maintained very normal diplomatic relations with the Japanese, deliberately showing a state of intimacy with Japan. At that time, although Japan had the strength to destroy Thailand, after all, Thailand performed very well, and it was not awkward to shoot directly.

Later, Japan invaded Myanmar, and Thailand did not want Japan to go this way, which gave Japan a reason, so Japan launched a surprise attack on Thailand on the night of 194 1.

After all, Thailand is not on the same level as Japan in military strength, so after a little resistance, Thailand made it clear to Japan in time? Did you realize your mistake and get rid of the officials who fought against the Japanese army? Then, he announced an alliance with the Japanese.

At that time, Japan also knew that Thailand was not colonized at present, and its comprehensive strength completely surpassed that of colonized countries such as Vietnam and Cambodia? If Thailand is really seen, Thailand's anti-Japanese efforts will definitely affect Japan's deployment throughout Southeast Asia. Even if Thailand can be fully occupied, it will certainly occupy most of the military resources deployed by Japan to Southeast Asia, and the ruling cost is extremely high. Better for you and me than for you.

Therefore, Japan accepted Thailand's kindness and expressed its willingness to make the two countries allies.

Of course, at this time, Thailand also knows that Japan has moved to let go. In order to further show sincerity, it has also provided many military bases for Japan and sold some war preparation materials from Thailand to the Japanese at low prices. Japan is naturally extremely satisfied with Thailand, so Thailand is not embarrassed in the whole process of Japan's invasion of Southeast Asia.

In fact, as Thailand was an ally of Japan at that time, it also obtained many disputed territories from countries invaded by Japan. On the surface, it is a loss, but in fact it is a profit. Even Thailand has negotiated with the Japanese to occupy the southwest of China and jointly control it.

Besides, as we mentioned briefly above, Japan's occupation of Thailand has never been justified.

At that time, when Japan launched the Second World War, it put forward a slogan, that is, to drive away all European colonists and establish a greater East Asian glory circle.

Because judging from the current situation, at that time, except for Japan and China, a lot of land in East Asia was basically colonized or occupied by western countries, and there were very few truly independent countries. On the surface, slogans like Japan are also full of justice.

It's just that although Japan's slogan is loud and clear, it is actually manipulating its own aggression. For example, when the Japanese invaded China in an all-round way, they clamored for the establishment of a * * * glory circle in Greater East Asia every day, but they burned and looted the people of China.

One of the reasons why Japan invaded Southeast Asian countries was that these countries were colonized by Britain, France and other countries, so the Japanese army came to drive away the colonists. It's just that people from these countries are in Europe and America? Didn't realize the right path under the fool? , Japanese? Forced? Had to send troops. At that time, Thailand had not been colonized by European countries, so he did not need Japan to help him drive away the colonists.

If the Japanese army rashly invaded Thailand, it would be equivalent to hitting itself in the face.

Although the slogans shouted by the Japanese army before were hypocritical, they still needed such slogans to help them establish some puppet regimes. After all, Japan does not have enough manpower and material resources to rule all the occupied areas, and these puppet regimes can play a very important role. If I overthrow this theory, the puppet regime will lose its slogan of helping Japan rule the people, and the overall management will be much more difficult.

Although 194 1 Japan and Thailand had a small-scale conflict, Thailand promptly showed a state of extreme cooperation with Japan. So for Japan, Thailand can be used as a textbook for the puppet government. Indeed, at that time, Japan often publicized it in other Southeast Asian countries intentionally or unintentionally? Japan-Thailand goodwill? Examples of.

In this way, Thailand and Japan are like two peaceful and prosperous countries, although the whole of Asia was at war during World War II.

1945, the Thai government immediately declared war on Japan and announced to all anti-fascist countries that it cooperated with Japan that year? All because of persecution? Thailand also cited many evidences of persecution.

For example, after Japan announced its surrender, Thailand renamed the materials unconditionally provided to Japan that year as? Forced plunder by Japan? And claimed compensation from Japan as high as 654.38+05 billion yuan.

In order to gain the recognition of western countries, Thailand took the initiative to show good intentions to the United States and sincerely expressed its willingness to help the US military establish a military base in Thailand and transfer all the preferential policies it had promised to Japan to the United States. The United States was naturally moved after seeing it, and with the help of the United States, Thailand also successfully whitewashed itself.

Therefore, during the whole World War II, Thailand was the only country in Southeast Asia that only made a profit without losing money.